Fluoride Dangers: May 2024

Fluoridation Fails in Modern Times, New Studies Show. Fluoride Confirmed Neurotoxic in 79th Human Study

"Receipt of optimal water fluoridation [between the years] 2010 – 2020 resulted in very small positive health effects which may not be meaningful for individuals," according to the largest ever study of its kind conducted on UK adolescents and adults, (LOTUS study), published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology on 1/8/2024.

Further, the 79th human study was published on May 20, 2024 showing fluoride is neurotoxic to the developing brain. A new (8/22/24) US government report says fluoride from all sources is linked to lower IQ in kids, reports Mike Stobbe of the Associated Press. By the way, the concentration of fluoride in water does not equate to an individual's total fluoride intake which shows fluoridation is unnecessary.

Fluoridation neither reduced social inequalities in dental health, nor reduced the number of missing teeth, the LOTUS researchers report.

They write, “in high income countries, we may be reaching the limit of what can be achieved through fluorides alone.” They suggest we look at diet, specifically sugar’s strong link to tooth decay.

Cavities are almost universal in adults exposed to fluoridated toothpaste and fluoridation from birth, they explain.

According to Dr. Staci Whitman, a dentist, underdiscussed reasons for tooth decay include deficiencies in vitamins A, D, K; calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and gluten sensitivity.

Many dentists are abandoning fluoridation promotion in favor of Silver Diamine Fluoride, a topical application which reduces tooth decay by 80% compared to fluoridation's 25%, according to a DrBicuspid.com article.

Fluoride chemicals, added to public water supplies since 1945, was projected to massively decrease tooth decay, reduce disparities, save money, and put dentists out of business. But none of that occurred

A 2022 UK study of children (CATFISH study) reported fluoridation provided no clear benefits to 11-year-old's, and that disparities persisted.

It’s not just the UK. Studies from “Australia, the US, Sweden and South Korea have demonstrated inconsistent effects across age groups and/or absolute differences so small that whether they are meaningful is debatable,” the LOTUS researchers write.

In 2017, US researchers reported in the American Journal of Public Health “Despite significant financial, training, and program investments [and decades of fluoridation], US children’s caries [cavities] experience and inequities continued to increase over the last 20 years.”

In July 2022, the State College Borough Water Authority in Pennsylvania, made up of scientifically trained professionals voted to reject fluoridation unanimously after members read the science and didn't just rely on outdated and unscientific endorsements. They criticized fluoridationists who "misrepresented and discredited the scientific evidence," according to the Centre Daily Times. (Including that of Florida's Dr. Johnny Johnson, President of the American Fluoridation Society who works closely with the American Dental Association. Despite its 78% water fluoridation rate, "Floridians’ Oral Health Among the Worst in the Nation."

Media & Gov't reports show fluoridation has failed

It’s not from lack of fluoride. Federal statistics show that 70% of US children and adolescents are fluoride-overdosed, afflicted with dental fluorosis while 57% of adolescents still get tooth decay (65% of low-income adolescents) and 52% of toddlers, according to the CDC.

Besides, fluoride is ubiquitous in our food supply, medicines, absorbed from dental products and more - making fluoridation money-wasting at least and health-robbing at worst.

January 31 marked the beginning of a federal lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency. EPA is charged with ignoring hundreds of studies showing fluoride is neurotoxic. EPA currently sets safe levels of water fluoride contaminants at levels to ostensibly protect only bones and teeth not brains, where fluoride also collects. More information about the lawsuit is here

The Judge is set to make a ruling soon.

Since the end of the trial, the 79th human study was published on May 20, 2024 showing fluoride is neurotoxic to the developing brain. The other 78 are here And the aforementioned NTP Report was published.

EPA acknowledges that fluoride is neurotoxic; but doesn't know at what level fluoride turns from a cavity preventer to a brain damaging chemical.

New York State Communities which have stopped or rejected fluoridation are: Suffolk, Nassau & Rockland counties, Elba, Naples, Levittown, Canton, Corning, Johnstown, Oneida, Carle Place, Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Riverhead, Rockville Center, Central Bridge Water District, Homer, Ithaca, Rouses Point, Pulaski, Romulus, Amsterdam, Walden, Glens Falls, Manhasset and Wilton Water and Sewer Authority

NYS Dept of Health statistics show there is no correlation between the fluoridation rate of a county and tooth decay rates or to fewer dental-related hospital ER visits for toddlers

These municipalities recently stopped or rejected fluoridation

Union County, North Carolina

Orville, California (During the meeting, it was discussed that the city of Gridley, CA, also stopped fluoridation - in 2019)

Miles City, MT

Wilton Water and Sewer Authority, NY. (the Board unanimously rejected pressure to start fluoridation)

Mansfield, Pennsylvania-

Norway, Michigan

Brooksville, Florida

Hotchkiss, Colorado

-Milford, and Dublin, Indiana

-Amery, Wisconsin